Pyrometamorphism

Description

1000 °C) and low pressures (< 2 kb) and typically results in the formation of "burnt" and fused rocks termed buchites, paralavas, clinkers and fulgarites. It is typically associated with shallow basaltic intrusions (contact aureoles, xenoliths,) combustion of carbonaceous matter, lightning strikes, and is also found in meteorites. During pyrometamorphism, the sequence of heating and cooling is greatly condensed favouring the preservation of a variety of stranded reaction microstructures that reflect disequilibrium reaction kinetics with metastable and mineral crystallisation. This second edition includes the latest developments in the study of pyrometamorphism derived from over 60 new references and accompanied with over 20 new illustrations. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-9 Thermal Regimes and Effects....Pages 11-44 Quartzofeldspathic Rocks....Pages 45-139 Calc-Silicates and Evaporates....Pages 141-197 Mafic Rocks....Pages 199-234 Anthropogenic and Biomass Pyrometamorphism....Pages 235-288 Metastable Mineral Reactions....Pages 289-329 Back Matter....Pages 331-365